The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-23


JUSTICE FIELD is not less imposing
when seated than when upright. The
features are large and finely chiseled,
and his towering forehead is carried up
an extra story by the absence of hair
on the summit of his skull. He is not
too bald, but just bald enough. On
each side of his well-formed head there
are curly masses of iron-gray hair,
which impart an appearance of massive
breadth. His full beard is whittier than
his hair, and is given care which it
repays by lending to its owner veneer
ableness of aspect which is exceedingly
useful to him in his business. Justice
Field, though past 70. is very hand
some man. Indeed, he is the beau of
the Federal bench. Their honors,
Judges Sawyer and Hoffman, much
younger men, look quite plain when
seated on either side, where they serve
as foils. But it is not alone for his
physical beauty that Justice Field is
remarkable among judges. He excels
in dignity of demeanor One never has
the privilege of seeing him on the
bench without regretting that the
American rules of the game do not per-
nit him the establishment of wig and
gown; he would enjoy them so much.
Yet, despite the absence of these ex-
trinsic aids, his dignity delights all who
love formality, and carries discomfort
to the irreverent and transformations.
Even when he does so small thing as
to clear his voice, the rapt audience
gives a nervous start, so completely are
they under the spell of the presence.
No FEATURE of the plans for the
great exposition of 1889, says Paris
letter, was SO much talked of as the
gigantic tower, one thousand feet high,
or twice the height of the pyramids of
Egypt, designed by Nj. Eiffel, engineer
of the department of arts and manu-
features. since the tower Of Babel
nothing of the same character had been
attempted, and it was thought that
scientific progress would permit the
descendants of those whom God dis
persed because of their impiety to carry
out similar design. The idea was to
make an iron base, composed of four
pyramids, each pyramid fifty feet
side, diminishing toward the top,
twenty feet each side. These pyramids
were to be separated from each other
by space of three hundred feet, and
for stability to be anchored in solid
masonry. At distance of $50 feet
above the ground these pyramids were
to be united 10y gallery 90 feet wide;
this gallery, covered with glass, was to
be reserved for restaurants, soirees,
etc. The next story was to have a
room covered with glass, and this room
was TO be loo feet square. The whole
was to be surmounted by glass dome,
surrounded by terrace, and from this
terrace the exposition was to be lighted
with electricity. 1t is time now to state
that this tower was the idea of Lock
roy, ex- Minister of Commerce and di-
rector of the exposition. He searched
for the exposltion's greatest attraction
and found tower. The four colossal
pyramids may be seen at the Champ
de Mars, but fear that all who visit
Paris in 1889 for the purpose of view-
70 the triumph of metallurgical art
WI be- sadly disappointed, for the
tower will never be finished. Money
is not lacking, for the enthusiastic
French would subscribe any amount
to possess the highest tower in the
wor d, but the difficulty lies in the errors
of calculation. For $50 feet, until the
first platform, there will be no OBJ
stacle, but the tower will then only
rival Notre Lame. Should il reach
the second platform its appearance
will be most fantastic, but-workmen
cannot be found willing to go be- ord a